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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. a, 1906.

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PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907.

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NEWTON s, DAVIS, or MONTROSE, COLORADO.

SCAFFOLD- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 1907.

Applicationfiled September 1906. Serial No. 333,784.

To all whom it mag concern; v

Be it known that I, NEWTON S. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Montrose, in the county of Montroseand:

State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Im rovementsin Shingling-Brackets, of which t e following is a specification.

U My inventionrelates to shingling-brackets; and it seeks to provide a simple and inexpensive shinglhg-bracket constructed with a view of being conveniently carried from place to place and ofbeing expeditiously and securely connected tb-a roof without the necessity of driving nails or barbs through the willbe fully un roof and in that way'forming leaks;

With theforegoing in mind the invention description and claim when the same are read in connection with the accompanying drawwhich Figure '1' is a perspective viewof the shin-- ings, forming part of this' specification, in

gling-bracket' constituting the present and referred embodiment --of my invention. ig. '2 is a view'showing portions of-the two brackets and a piece of sc'antling in the holders provided therefor. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the upper portion of one of the brack-.

' ets, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofthe scantling-holder of one bracket with a piece of scantling shown by dotted lines therein.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts inall of the drawings, referring to ets A are identical inconstruction, and there.-

fore a detailed description of the bracket shown in Fig. 1 will sufiice to impart a definite understanding of both. The said bracket A, Fig. 1, is preferably made of metal and comprises an anchor a, a plurality of open links 7), bars 0, extending between the links and between the upper link and the anchor and connecting t e same together, and a holder dfor the piece of s'cantling, adapted to be detachably engaged with one of the open links. The anchor a may be of any construction compatible with the purpose to which the bracket isto be put, though I prefer to make it as shownthat is to say, of

erstood from the followin bail shape, with two tangs e disposed at right angles to its main portion.

The bars 0 are preferably provided at their ends with barrels f, which loosely receive the end of the anchor and the ends of.

the open links, respectively, and hence it will be apparent that when the bracket is not in use the same may be compactly folded and conveniently carried from place to place. It will also be apparent that the flexible connec tions of the bars to the anchor and the open links are desirable, inasmuch as they render the bracket as a whole flexible and enable the same to accommodate itself to inequalities in a roof. Th'e holderd is preferably formed of a strip of-stiff sheet metal and has a narrow loop 9, designed to straddle one end of a link I) and one end of a bar 0-, Figs-1 and 3', and a comparatively wide loop h, disposed opposite to the loop g and adapted to receive, the

piece of scantling-B.

In the practical. use ofshingling-brackets constructed in accordance with my invention the anchors of the brackets are hooked over the peak of a roof or the tangs of the anchors. are positioned in a crack between sheeting-boards, and the holders (1 are engaged with the open links b most convenient to the point at which the workman desires to stand while engaged in workon the roof.

' The piece of scantling B- is then arranged in the comparativelywide loops 7 of the hold-- ers (i, when, as will be rea'di y understood, a

safe foothold will be aflorded for the workman.- It will also-be apparent that by virtue of the holders (1 being. detachable from the open links I) the man working on the.

roof is enabled to shift the staging or piece of 'scantling up or down onv the roof; and this without the use of tools or nails and with the expenditure of but a minimum amount of effort. I

The construction herein illustrated anddescribed constitutes the preferred ernbodi-- ment of my invention; but I desire it understood that in practice such changes in the form, construction, and relative arrangement of parts may be made. as fairly fall within the scope of my invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

A shingling-bracket'comprising a plurality of open links arranged at a suitable dis tance apart, bars mterposed between the "open links and pivotail lyco'linected attheirl ends to the ends of saidlinksto permit of the connected links. and bars being compactly folded when not in use, means for connecting the'connected bars and links to a roof, ands,

. holder for a piece of'scantling or the like,

having a narrow loop straddling one end of one 0 en link and one end of one bar'and remove 1e therefrom and also having a c0m+ peratively Wide loop disposed opposite to the first-mentioned loop end adapted to receive and support the piece of 'scantling or the like. I

.In' testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit- '15 

